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Namaste 2008-09-26 09:47:00 Namaste :I honor the place in you in which the whole Universe dwells,I honor the place in you which is of love, of thruth, of light and of peace,When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me,We are One.The Sanskrit word namaste (pronounced nah-mah-STAY) means “The spirit in me honors the spirit in you.”Whenever you first make eye contact with another person, say “Namaste” Read more:Namaste
No title 2008-09-26 06:48:00 I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twig of the facial nerve, the one to the muscles of her mouth, has been severed. She will be thus from now on. The surgeon had followed with religious fervor the curve of her flesh; I promise you that. Nevertheless, to remove the tumor in her cheek, I had to cut the nerve.Her young hu
Letter by C.G. Jung 2008-09-25 17:11:00 Dear N., I am sorry you are so miserable. “Depression’” means literally “being forced downwards.” This can happen even when you don’t consciously have any feeling at all of being “on top”! So I wouldn’t dismiss this hypothesis out of hand.If I had to live in a foreign country, I would seek out one or two people who seemed amiable and would make myself useful to them, so that libi Read more:Letter
Querencia 2008-09-24 00:17:00 In bullfighting there is a place in the ring where the bull feels safe. If he can reach this place, he stops running and can gather his full strength. He is no longer afraid. This place in the ring is different for every bull. It is the job of the matador to know where this sanctuary lies, to be sure the bull does not have time to occupy his place of wholeness.This safe place for a bull is called
Jiddu Krishnamurti on need and desire 2008-09-22 23:49:00 When there is a total understanding of need, the outward and the inner, then desire is not torture. Then it has a quite different meaning, a significance far beyond the content of thought and it goes beyond feeling, with its emotions, myths and illusions. With the total understanding of need, not the mere quantity or the quality of it, desire then is a flame and not a torture. Without this flame l
Rumi poem 2008-09-22 23:39:00 Out beyond ideasof wrongdoing and rightdoing,there is a field.I'll meet you there.When the soul lies downin that grass,the world is too full to talk about.Ideas, language- even the phrase "each other" -do not make any sense.— Jelaluddin Rumi More Inspiration and Light : Luminous Inspirations Site
Light 2008-09-19 04:09:00 There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the Light that shines in our heart. - Chandogya UpanishadMore Inspiration and Light : Luminous Inspirations Site
There is a candle in your heart... 2008-09-19 04:09:00 There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.You feel it, don't you?You feel the separation from the Beloved.Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire.Remind those who tell you otherwise that Love comes to you of its own accord, and the yearning for it cannot be learned in any school.- Jelaluddin RumiMor
Prayer before and after meditation 2008-09-16 08:20:00 May all sentient beings have equanimity, free from attachment, aggression and prejudice.May they be happy, and have the causes for happiness.May they be free from suffering and causes for suffering.May they never be separated from the happiness that is free from suffering.More Inspiration and Light : Luminous Inspirations Site Read more:Prayer
On Emptiness 2008-09-16 08:16:00 All discursive thought is emptiness,And the seer of the emptiness is discursive thought.Emptiness does not destroy discursive thought,And discursive thought does not block emptiness. The fourfold emptiness of the mind itselfIs the ultimate of everything.Profound and tranquil,free from complexity,Uncompounded luminous clarity,Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas:This is the depth of the mind of the
The Entertainment of Discursive Thinking 2008-09-16 08:08:00 Often people complain about their mind – they can't concentrate in meditation or in daily life, it feels painful, it keeps them out of the moment, etc. This is one of the “gates” in the spiritual process that one has to walk through, but by no means quieting discursive thought is the end all, and in fact it doesn't necessarily have to end. What discursive thinking is, is simply ego entertain Read more:Entertainment
Ways to increase Self-Compassion 2008-09-09 08:57:00 Self-Kindness - "What would a caring friend say to you in this situation" "What is a kind and constructive way to think about how I can rectify this mistake or do better next time?" Try putting your hand over your heart or gently stroking your arm when feeling a lot of pain as a gesture of kindness and compassion. Self-judgment - "Who ever said human beings are supposed to be perfect?" "Would a Read more:Compassion
Self-Compassion May be More Important Than Self-Esteem in Dealing With Negative Events, New Studies Show 2008-09-09 08:53:00 Why do some people roll with life’s punches, facing failures and problems with grace, while others dwell on calamities, criticize themselves and exaggerate problems?The answer, according to researchers from Duke and Wake Forest universities, may be self-compassion -– the ability to treat oneself kindly when things go badly. The results of their research, one of the first major investigations o Read more:Compassion
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God is compassion 2008-09-09 08:03:00 You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. - Meister EckhartMore Inspiration and Light : Luminous Inspirations Site
On "The Frog Prince" 2008-09-07 13:13:00 "In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king’s child went out into t Read more:Prince
Letting go of the battle within - meditation 2008-09-07 04:26:00 Sit comfortably for a few minutes, letting your body be at rest. Let your breathing be easy and natural. Bring your attention into the present, sit quietly, and notice whatever sensations are present in your body. In particular, be aware of any sensations, tensions, or pains you may have been fighting. Do not try to change them, simply notice them with an interested and kind attention. In each are Read more:Letting
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Lisa Gerrard - Come Tenderness 2008-09-04 07:22:00 Lisa Gerrard
(born April 12, 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with English former partner Brendan Perry.Gerrard is best known for her deep, haunting contralto voice. Her career began in 1981 and she has been involved in a wide range of projects. Gerrard received a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award nomination
I do not love you... - Pablo Neruda poem 2008-09-03 13:02:00 I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.I love you without knowi Read more:Pablo
Rumi Poem - Fountain of Fire 2008-09-01 06:43:00 if you pass your nightand merge it with dawnfor the sake of heartwhat do you think will happenif the entire worldis covered with the blossomsyou have labored to plantwhat do you think will happenif the elixir of lifethat has been hidden in the darkfills the desert and townswhat do you think will happenif because ofyour generosity and lovea few humans find their liveswhat do you think will happenif Read more:Fountain
Harmony 2008-08-30 13:40:00 Embracing the Way, you become embraced;Breathing gently, you become newborn;Clearing your mind, you become clear;Nurturing your children, you become impartial;Opening your heart, you become accepted;Accepting the world, you embrace the Way.Bearing and nurturing,Creating but not owning,Giving without demanding,This is harmony.- From Tao Te Ching 10.Harmony
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St. Francis And The Sow 2008-08-29 03:04:00 The budstands for all things,even those things that don't flower,for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;though sometimes it is necessaryto reteach a thing its loveliness,to put a hand on its browof the flowerand retell it in words and in touchit is lovelyuntil it flowers again from within, of self-blessing;as St. Francis
put his hand on the creased foreheadof the sow, and told her in
Two Wolves - Cherokee Wisdom 2008-08-28 12:41:00 One evening an old Cherokee
told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil.It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good.It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevole Read more:Wolves
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No title 2008-08-28 06:20:00 Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.- Henry David ThoreauMore Inspiration and Light : Luminous Inspirations Site
On how delusion arises 2008-08-27 02:54:00 "To understand how delusion arises, practice watching your mind. Begin by simply letting it relax. Without thinking of the past or the future, without feeling hope or fear about this thing or that, let it rest comfortably, open and natural. In this space of the mind, there is no problem, no suffering. Then something catches your attention--an image, a sound, a smell. Your mind splits into inner an
No title 2008-10-12 05:47:00 A visitor of a library asked the librarian : "Can you tell me where the 'self-help' section is?"Said the librarian: "But doesn't that kinda defeat the whole purpose?"More Inspiration and Light : Luminous Inspirations SiteSpread the light - share this post!
Simone Weil quote 2008-10-12 05:41:00 This universe where we are living, and of which we form a tiny particle, is the distance put by Love between God and God. We are a point in this distance. Space, time, and the mechanism that governs matter are the distance. Everything that we call evil is only this mechanism.- Simone
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Sufi saying 2008-10-12 05:31:00 Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain that was entrusted to you.Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, each of us is part of her heart and is, therefore, endowed with a certain measure of cosmic pain.You are sharing in the totality of that pain. You are called upon to meet it in joy instead of self-pity Read more:saying
Happiness vs. Sadness 2008-10-12 05:27:00 Happiness you enjoy, what is wrong with it? When happiness has gone and you have become sad, what is wrong with sadness? Enjoy it. Once you become capable of enjoying sadness, then you are neither.And this I tell you: if you enjoy sadness, it has its own beauties. Happiness is a little shallow; sadness is very deep, it has a depth to it. A man who has never been sad will be shallow, just on the su Read more:Sadness
Why Badstuff Happens - by Elsa Joy Bailey 2008-10-07 09:01:00 If it weren't for my beautiful sad motherdrinking a beaker of cold cyanide when I was three,I wouldn't have learnedshe could both love and abandon mein one hot severe breath.Nor would I have grown flowers in my heartfor people who urgently want to die.If I had not broken my leg in a wild fall,I wouldn't have learned that stark physical painis, to my great surprise, not permanent.If I hadn't fallen Read more:Bailey
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